Saving Money And The Environment With Hosted Business Voip

Submitted by: genwright

An international conference on climate change is in progress at Copenhagen. Meanwhile a secret UN document has revealed that despite all the efforts, our earth will experience three degrees of temperature rise. From a mere fad, green technology has become a necessity. Hosted VoIP solutions provide an elegant and powerful solution, not only to mitigate green house effects but also to save energy and money.

Hosted VoIP solutions have become popular because of their eco friendly nature. Traditional PSTN networks or Public switched telephone network require dedicated hardware. These old generation networks are inefficient and waste energy in the form of heat. One may think that the loss in energy is too insignificant to be taken seriously, but when we consider a business environment with hundreds of nodes (telephone sets), it all adds up to a considerable energy loss.
Hosted VoIP solutions have another advantage. Servers managing the network are specially designed to be energy efficient. VoIP data center environment is designed to minimize inefficiencies which may creep in due to idle capacity. State of the art monitoring devices manage and control server utilization, thereby cutting down on electrical consumption and excess heat generation by power sources and equipment. This saving directly impacts on saving energy and reduction in carbon emission.

Business decisions are based on ROI and profits. Going green through VoIP technology may not be high on the priority list of business executives. But when environmentally friendly solutions directly impinge on cost cutting measures, business decision-makers are more likely to pay attention. Hosted VoIP has several advantages, in addition to having green fingers. By avoiding dedicated servers in-house, businesses can save on capital investment. This is the primary reason why major corporate are moving to the SAAS model. Software as a service is becoming popular simply because of the resultant savings. The cost of initial outlay on infrastructure in the form of data centers, Servers and cooling equipment can be considerable. Not to talk of ongoing maintenance and upgrades. Hosted VoIP solutions are designed to obviate capital expenditure. Becoming part of the green revolution by embracing hosted VoIP solutions is an added bonus. More like having the cake and eating it too.

There are other reasons why hosted VoIP makes good business sense. When you have complex and sophisticated equipment in-house, the need for employing costly technical personnel for maintenance purposes becomes unavoidable. Technology is changing at such a rapid pace that obsolescence can occur quickly, requiring upgrades and replacements. This once again causes environmental issues arising out of disposal of waste and obsolete equipment. In Japan, huge dump yards of used cars have sprung up creating potentially dangerous environmental hot spots. Electronic waste is no less hazardous. Hosted VoIP presents an elegant solution to all these problems.

Hosted VoIP has several environmentally friendly dimensions. In addition, businesses can save considerable amount of management time, effort and money by embracing hosted VoIP solutions which deploy virtual hardware and software resources. Saving money and the environment go hand in hand with hosted VoIP.